John 8:53

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

Art thou greater than our father Abraham, who died? and the prophets died; whom dost thou make thyself?'

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  • John 4:12 : 12 Art thou greater than our father Jacob, who did give us the well, and himself out of it did drink, and his sons, and his cattle?'
  • John 5:18 : 18 because of this, then, were the Jews seeking the more to kill him, because not only was he breaking the sabbath, but he also called God his own Father, making himself equal to God.
  • John 8:58 : 58 Jesus said to them, `Verily, verily, I say to you, Before Abraham's coming -- I am;'
  • John 10:29-30 : 29 my Father, who hath given to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to pluck out of the hand of my Father; 30 I and the Father are one.'
  • John 10:33 : 33 The Jews answered him, saying, `For a good work we do not stone thee, but for evil speaking, and because thou, being a man, dost make thyself God.'
  • John 12:34 : 34 the multitude answered him, `We heard out of the law that the Christ doth remain -- to the age; and how dost thou say, That it behoveth the Son of Man to be lifted up? who is this -- the Son of Man?'
  • John 19:7 : 7 the Jews answered him, `We have a law, and according to our law he ought to die, for he made himself Son of God.'
  • Rom 9:5 : 5 whose `are' the fathers, and of whom `is' the Christ, according to the flesh, who is over all, God blessed to the ages. Amen.
  • Heb 3:2-3 : 2 being stedfast to Him who did appoint him, as also Moses in all his house, 3 for of more glory than Moses hath this one been counted worthy, inasmuch as more honour than the house hath he who doth build it,
  • Heb 7:1-7 : 1 For this Melchisedek, king of Salem, priest of God Most High, who did meet Abraham turning back from the smiting of the kings, and did bless him, 2 to whom also a tenth of all did Abraham divide, (first, indeed, being interpreted, `King of righteousness,' and then also, King of Salem, which is, King of Peace,) 3 without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, and being made like to the Son of God, doth remain a priest continually. 4 And see how great this one `is', to whom also a tenth Abraham the patriarch did give out of the best of the spoils, 5 and those, indeed, out of the sons of Levi receiving the priesthood, a command have to take tithes from the people according to the law, that is, their brethren, even though they came forth out of the loins of Abraham; 6 and he who was not reckoned by genealogy of them, received tithes from Abraham, and him having the promises he hath blessed, 7 and apart from all controversy, the less by the better is blessed --
  • Isa 9:6 : 6 For a Child hath been born to us, A Son hath been given to us, And the princely power is on his shoulder, And He doth call his name Wonderful, Counsellor, Mighty God, Father of Eternity, Prince of Peace.
  • Matt 12:6 : 6 and I say to you, that a greater than the temple is here;
  • Matt 12:41-42 : 41 `Men of Nineveh shall stand up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it, for they reformed at the proclamation of Jonah, and lo, a greater than Jonah here! 42 `A queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and lo, a greater than Solomon here!

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  • John 8:52
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    52 The Jews, therefore, said to him, `Now we have known that thou hast a demon; Abraham did die, and the prophets, and thou dost say, If any one may keep my word, he shall not taste of death -- to the age!

  • John 8:54-58
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    54 Jesus answered, `If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing; it is my Father who is glorifying me, of whom ye say that He is your God;

    55 and ye have not known Him, and I have known Him, and if I say that I have not known Him, I shall be like you -- speaking falsely; but I have known Him, and His word I keep;

    56 Abraham, your father, was glad that he might see my day; and he saw, and did rejoice.'

    57 The Jews, therefore, said unto him, `Thou art not yet fifty years old, and Abraham hast thou seen?'

    58 Jesus said to them, `Verily, verily, I say to you, Before Abraham's coming -- I am;'

  • John 8:37-42
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    37 `I have known that ye are seed of Abraham, but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you;

    38 I -- that which I have seen with my Father do speak, and ye, therefore, that which ye have seen with your father -- ye do.'

    39 They answered and said to him, `Our father is Abraham;' Jesus saith to them, `If children of Abraham ye were, the works of Abraham ye were doing;

    40 and now, ye seek to kill me -- a man who hath spoken to you the truth I heard from God; this Abraham did not;

    41 ye do the works of your father.' They said, therefore, to him, `We of whoredom have not been born; one Father we have -- God;'

    42 Jesus then said to them, `If God were your father, ye were loving me, for I came forth from God, and am come; for neither have I come of myself, but He sent me;

  • John 10:32-36
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    32 Jesus answered them, `Many good works did I shew you from my Father; because of which work of them do ye stone me?'

    33 The Jews answered him, saying, `For a good work we do not stone thee, but for evil speaking, and because thou, being a man, dost make thyself God.'

    34 Jesus answered them, `Is it not having been written in your law: I said, ye are gods?

    35 if them he did call gods unto whom the word of God came, (and the Writing is not able to be broken,)

    36 of him whom the Father did sanctify, and send to the world, do ye say -- Thou speakest evil, because I said, Son of God I am?

  • John 5:17-18
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    17 And Jesus answered them, `My Father till now doth work, and I work;'

    18 because of this, then, were the Jews seeking the more to kill him, because not only was he breaking the sabbath, but he also called God his own Father, making himself equal to God.

  • John 8:48-50
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    48 The Jews, therefore, answered and said to him, `Do we not say well, that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a demon?'

    49 Jesus answered, `I have not a demon, but I honour my Father, and ye dishonour me;

    50 and I do not seek my own glory; there is who is seeking and is judging;

  • John 8:13-14
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    13 The Pharisees, therefore, said to him, `Thou of thyself dost testify, thy testimony is not true;'

    14 Jesus answered and said to them, `And if I testify of myself -- my testimony is true, because I have known whence I came, and whither I go, and ye -- ye have not known whence I come, or whither I go.

  • John 19:7
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    7 the Jews answered him, `We have a law, and according to our law he ought to die, for he made himself Son of God.'

  • Acts 7:52
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    52 which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? and they killed those who declared before about the coming of the Righteous One, of whom now ye betrayers and murderers have become,

  • John 8:19
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    19 They said, therefore, to him, `Where is thy father?' Jesus answered, `Ye have neither known me nor my Father: if me ye had known, my Father also ye had known.'

  • John 8:22-25
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    22 The Jews, therefore, said, `Will he kill himself, because he saith, Whither I go away, ye are not able to come?'

    23 and he said to them, `Ye are from beneath, I am from above; ye are of this world, I am not of this world;

    24 I said, therefore, to you, that ye shall die in your sins, for if ye may not believe that I am `he', ye shall die in your sins.'

    25 They said, therefore, to him, `Thou -- who art thou?' and Jesus said to them, `Even what I did speak of to you at the beginning;

  • John 18:34
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    34 Jesus answered him, `From thyself dost thou say this? or did others say it to thee about me?'

  • John 7:19-20
    2 verses
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    19 hath not Moses given you the law? and none of you doth the law; why me do ye seek to kill?'

    20 The multitude answered and said, `Thou hast a demon, who doth seek to kill thee?'

  • John 4:12
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    12 Art thou greater than our father Jacob, who did give us the well, and himself out of it did drink, and his sons, and his cattle?'

  • John 8:33
    67%

    33 They answered him, `Seed of Abraham we are; and to no one have we been servants at any time; how dost thou say -- Ye shall become free?'

  • John 2:18
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    18 the Jews then answered and said to him, `What sign dost thou shew to us -- that thou dost these things?'

  • Matt 22:32
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    32 I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not a God of dead men, but of living.'

  • Mark 12:26-27
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    26 `And concerning the dead, that they rise: have ye not read in the Book of Moses (at The Bush), how God spake to him, saying, I `am' the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob;

    27 he is not the God of dead men, but a God of living men; ye then go greatly astray.'

  • John 8:28
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    28 Jesus, therefore, said to them, `When ye may lift up the Son of Man then ye will know that I am `he'; and of myself I do nothing, but according as my Father did teach me, these things I speak;

  • John 8:46
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    46 Who of you doth convict me of sin? and if I speak truth, wherefore do ye not believe me?

  • John 6:42
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    42 and they said, `Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we have known? how then saith this one -- Out of the heaven I have come down?'

  • John 5:36
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    36 `But I have the testimony greater than John's, for the works that the Father gave me, that I might finish them, the works themselves that I do, they testify concerning me, that the Father hath sent me.

  • John 5:44-45
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    44 how are ye able -- ye -- to believe, glory from one another receiving, and the glory that `is' from God alone ye seek not?

    45 `Do not think that I will accuse you unto the Father; there is who is accusing you, Moses -- in whom ye have hoped;

  • John 5:39
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    39 `Ye search the Writings, because ye think in them to have life age-during, and these are they that are testifying concerning me;

  • Luke 20:37
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    37 `And that the dead are raised, even Moses shewed at the Bush, since he doth call the Lord, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob;

  • Matt 3:9
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    9 and do not think to say in yourselves, A father we have -- Abraham, for I say to you, that God is able out of these stones to raise children to Abraham,

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    48 Then do ye testify, and are well pleased with the works of your fathers, because they indeed killed them, and ye do build their tombs;

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